Новости за 18.04.2018

We deal with our big problems but try to ignore lesser ones.

Economists don’t drive Washington policy. Politicians use economics the way a drunk uses a lamppost—for support, not for illumination. Matthew Rees reviews “Advice and Dissent” by Alan S. Blinder.

Several Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant to overturn a precedent exempting many online merchants from collecting sales taxes, despite broad agreement that the e-commerce revolution had made the 1992 rule “obsolete.”

Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that Aécio Neves, a former presidential candidate and center-right leader, be tried for corruption as the country’s vast Car Wash investigation reaches its final and most critical stage.

International Business Machines Corp. reported its second consecutive quarter of higher revenue after nearly six years of declines, a sign that Chief Executive Ginni Rometty’s slow-moving turnaround may be taking hold.

President Donald Trump sharply criticized the Federal Reserve during his 2016 campaign, but his picks to run the central bank point toward policy continuity and stability rather than disruption.

The IRS becomes a less burdensome beast.

One person died after a Southwest Airlines suffered an apparent engine failure and was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia. The death marks the first U.S. airline fatality since 2009.